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Steven J. Seiler

Thursday, February 7, 2013

UPDATE: Berkeley Township Public Works Ready For Whatever 'Nemo' Brings

National Weather Service issues winter storm warning, coastal flood watch for Ocean County

Just what winter storm "Nemo" will drop on Berkeley Township on Friday into Saturday still isn't known. But whatever it is, the Berkeley Township Public Works Department is well prepared for it, Public Works Supervisor Steven J. Seiler said this afternoon. "We have about 1,000 tons of salt and sand ready to go," he said. "Our sand trucks are set up for sanding. All our plows are ready to go and contractors lined up. If we do have a snow event, we will have about 100 pieces of equipment on the road, between in-house and our contractors." Seiler - who has more than 40 years experience with the Berkeley Public Works Department - isn't anticipating a blizzard, if the current weather predictions hold. "I'm not too worried about it,' he said. "…

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foggyworld

12:06 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013

Yeah, but they cut pick ups in half so we are down to one per unsanitary can during the summer trash removal. Winters work out if you fork over money for an extra can which the trucks we bought just love to smash up.   more ›

Thursday, January 5, 2012

First Snow Of The Season

Public works director Steven J. Seiler unfazed by dusting

  He's glad it's not January 2011. Longtime Public Works Director Steven J. Seiler is happy the first snow of the season wasn't much more than a light dusting. "I do not like snow," Seiler said. "I'm 40 years in the business. When I retire, I'll like snow." The flakes that fell in the early morning hours coated streets throughout the township. Department workers sanded a small number of streets, but nothing else was needed, he said. "We're fine," he said. "It wasn't bad at all." But when the township does get hit with a snowstorm, public works is ready, Seiler said. This year he has two more tandemn dump trucks and several more pickup trucks to work with. "And we added a couple of more contractors, too," he said. The new equipment was …

Sean Conneamhe

1:39 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2012

"The new Berkeley BA from Brick will soon be in charge."   more ›

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